The Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD series will start offering discounted student tickets at select movie theaters starting this season. The first broadcast of the 2012-13 season is Saturday, with a live transmission of Donizetti's "The Elixir of Love," starring Anna Netrebko.

Ticket prices for the Met: Live in HD screenings vary by venue. Cinemark said student tickets will generally be $5 below the regular adult admission of $24. The discount also applies to encore broadcasts. Valid student identification is required to purchase the tickets.

Saturday's live broadcast is scheduled to begin at 9:55 a.m. PDT. The opera is broadcast from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Other broadcasts scheduled for the season include Verdi's "Otello," starring Renee Fleming, on Oct. 27; Thomas Adès' "The Tempest" on Nov. 10; and Mozart's "La Clemenza di Tito" on Dec. 1.